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Penultimate Reflections in Natural History

Stephen Jay Gould

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ISBN 9780674061675

Publication Date: 10/01/2011

384 pages

6 x 9 inches

31 halftones, 13 line illustrations

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Gould covers topics as diverse as episodes in the birth of paleontology to lessons from Britain’s four greatest Victorian naturalists. This collection presents the richness and fascination of the various lives that have fueled the enterprise of science and opened our eyes to a world of unexpected wonders.

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